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Holly Wreath Time 

DRILL AND SONG 



By 
HARRIETTE WILBUR 




PAINE PUBLISHING CO. 

DAYTON, OHIO 



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Teachers are discovering that no matter how 
much novelty there is in their entertain- 
ment, how well it is arranged, how thoroughly 
drilled, if they want to hold the active interest 
of the audience they must use the best of songSL 
The songs must be real novelties. The words 
must be interesting as well as decidedly clever. 
The music must be catchy and abounding in rich 
melody. With these things in mind we have 
prepared this list of superior song novelties for 
our patrons. All are in regular sheet music form. 

Price, 35 cents each; S for $1.25 \ 

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I WELCOME SONGS j 

I We've Just Arrived from Bashful Town. \ 

\ We Hope YouVe Brought Your Smiles I 

I Along. I 

I Come and Partake of OurWelcome Cake. I 
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I We're Very Glad to See You Here. t 

i With Quaking Hearts We WelcomeYou. ! 
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I CLOSING SONGS I 

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t Mr. Sun and Mrs. Moon. I 

I Nov^, Aren't You Glad You Came ? I 

j We Do Not Like to Say Goodbye. t 

j We'll Now Have to Say Goodbye. I 



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Holly Wreath Time 

Drill and Song 



'By 

Harriette Wilbur 



COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY L. M. PAINE 



PAINE PUBLISHING COMPANY 
DAYTON, OHIO 






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Holly Wreath Time 

For fourteen little girls, each carrying a holly wreath. The 
wreath may be one of the made-up kind to be found in ten-cent 
stores and similar places, or may be made by the children them- 
selves. If the former then the hole in the center of the wreath 
is filled in with a circle of red cardboard, in the center of which 
is one of the letters forming the word MERRY CHRISTMAS, 
the letter being made of either white, silver or gold paper and 
pasted in position. If the wreaths are made by the children, the 
circle of red cardboard is first cut — say a foot in diameter — around 
the edge is pasted holly-leaf-shaped sections of green tissue paper, 
with clusters of red circles to represent berries. Lastly the letter 
is pasted in the center of the circle. The girls may wear white, 
or whatever dresses they have on hand to wear program day, as 
desired. 

Piano or phonograph furnishes bright marching music. The girls 
are in "pied" order, so that their wreaths do not spell their greeting 
while they are marching about; they may even hold the letters 
wrong side up. Enter in single file, wreaths held down at side, 
hoop-fashion, in whichever hand will be the outside one while 
marching in 1. 

1 — March in circle at center of platform. 

2 — About face, at the same time raising wreaths over head 
in a horizontal position, or "hat-brim" fashion. March, 
in circle in opposite direction from that of 1. 

3 — Wreaths in both hands at chest while marching around 
edge of platform and then zigzagging from corner to 
comer, ending in a single line across the rear of plat- 
form. 



MERRY CHRISTMAS 

A girl carrying an M walks to the left front of the stage — the 
left from the audience's viewpoint — and recites the first line of 
the following acrostic. An E girl recites the second line as she 
joins the M girl, and so on until all have recited and are holding 
their wreaths so they spell the two words. 



4 HOLLY WREATH TIME 

M for the Music, merry and clear, 

E for the Eve, the crown of the year. 

R for the Romping of bright girls and boys; 

R for the Reindeer that brings them the toys; 

Y for the Yule-Log, softly aglow, 

C for the Cold of the sky and the snow ; 

H for the Hearth where they hang up the hose ; 

R for the Reel that the old folks propose; 

I for the Icicles seen through the pane; 

S For the Sleigh-bells with tinkling refrain ; 

T for the Tree with gifts all abloom; 

M for the Mistletoe hung in the room; 

A* for the Anthemns we all love to hear; 

S is for Santa whom children hold dear. 

Piano or phonograph plays something in 3-4 or 6-8 time, and the 
girls drill as follows: 

1 — Wreath forward in front, back to chest. Repeat as 
many times as desired. 

2 — Wreath forward at left and left foot one step advanced. 
Wreath and foot back to position. Repeat. 

3 — Repeat 2 at the right. 

4 — Wreath up before face, back to chest. Repeat. 

5 — AVreath down arms length, back to chest. Repeat. 

6 — Wreath at arm's length to the left in left hand; back 
to chest. 

7 — Repeat 6 witb. wreath in right hand. 

8 — Alternate 6 and 7. 

— Wreath forward, then above head, then down at arm's 
length, then on chest, held in both hands. 



HOLLY WREATH TIME 5 

10 — Bend body forward at waist, at same time extending 
wreath at arm's length in front of body. Back to piosi- 
tion. 

11 — Bend forward, at same time raising wreath over head. 
Then back to position. 

12 — Odd-numbered children repeat 1, while even-numbered 
repeat 4. 

13 — Odd-numbered children repeat 4, while even-num- 
bered ones repeat 1. 

14 — Odd-numberC'd children repeat 6, while even-numbered 
ones repeat at 7, the latter falling back a step at the 
close of 13. 

15 — Odd-numbered children repeat 7 while others repeat 6. 
16 — Odd-numbers repeat 4, while others repeat 5. 
17 — Odd-numbers repeat 5, while others repeat 4. 

Musio changes to march. ]M leads girls around left side of stage 
to rear, across rear-right corner, diagonally across to left-front 
corner, across front, down right side, halting at rear right corner 
with line behind her. Wreath at chest level in both hands during 
this march. When all about face they wil 
along the right side of platform, in this order 

M 
E 
R 
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C 
H 
R 
I 
S 
T 
M 
A 
S 



6 HOLLY WREATH TIME 

Then hold the position until the last bars of the march are 
concluded, all marking time. 

Repeat march. On first beat of first measure all the girls except 
tUe S at the very front take one step to the left, on third beat 
bring right foot beside left. On first beat of second measure, all 
the girls except the A and tlie S take a step to the left, and so on 
until they arej deployed diagonally across the stage, in this manner: 

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C 
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Mark time to end of the sixteenth measure of the music. At 
beginning of seventeenth measure about face and follow leader M 
across rear of stage, diagonally across from right rear corner to 
left front corner, across front, diagonally across from right front 
corner to left rear corner, across rear and off. 



Christmas Holly 



J^ir: "MY OWX a:MERICA, I LOVE BUT THEE" 
Edna R. Worrell 

First Girl: 

The Apple-Tree will always number with the best, 
Second Girl: 

And every one admires the Peach ; 
Third Girl: 

High in the Elm-Tree swings the oriole her nest, 
Fourth Girl: 

AVhile other birds prefer the Beech. 
Fifth Girl: 

The Cherry hands us fruit ripe and red; 
Sixth Girl: 

Catalpa blooms like snow-flakes are shed ; 
Seventh Girl : 

While the Oak is a king 

Whose praises we sing- 
Where 'er he lifts his head. 
Chorus : 

But when at Christmas time we want a bit of cheer, 
Then with leaves so summery-green, 

With berries red as embers burning bright and clear 
Oh, the HOLLY reigns the queen. 

Eighth Girl: 

All summer long the boys are watching Hickory, 
Ninth Girl: 

The Mountain-Ash has many a friend ; 

Tenth Girl: 

The Poplar keeps its well-earned popularity; . 

Eleventh Girl: 

With fruit the Pear-Tree's branches bend. 
Twelfth Girl: 

The Maple yields us sugar so sweet; 



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Thirteenth Girl: 

The Cocoa-Palm bears nuts ^ood to cat; 

Fourteenth Girl: 

While the giant Redwood 
Capped with a green hood 
Towers up three hundred feet. 

Chorus: 

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